Sanjana hammers Pakistan too
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Once again Sanjana Kavindi's aggressive batting has carried the Sri Lanka Women's Under-19 team to victory. This time she unleashed her assault on hosts Pakistan.
Along the way she also put together a century partnership with Wimoksha Balasooriya.
She produced this performance in the sixth match of the Women's Under-19 Youth Tri-Nation Series being hosted by Pakistan.
In the match that concluded at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad on the 9th, Sri Lanka won the toss and invited Pakistan to bat first. The hosts were restricted to 110 for 8, and in reply the Sri Lankan batters reached the target with only one wicket down and as many as 28 balls to spare.
For this match Sri Lanka brought in Umayangana Peiris in place of Manudi Nanayakkara, who played the previous game. Pakistan made two changes from their previous match against Sri Lanka, bringing in Areesha Ansari and Barira Saif in place of Aqsa Habib and Mah Noor.
Sri Lanka Women's Under-19 team
Chamudi Prabodha (captain), Sanjana Kavindi (wicketkeeper), Wimoksha Balasooriya, Limansa Thilakarathna, Nethmi Upeksha, Shashini Gimhani, Aseni Thalagune, Umayangana Peiris, Pramudi Methsara, Danodya Sewmini and Chamodi Herath.
Pakistan Women's Under-19 team
Fizza Fiaz (captain), Komal Khan (wicketkeeper),, Ravail Farhan, Shahar Bano, Zoofishan Ayyaz, Areesha Ansari, Qamrosh Farhan, Qamrosh Farhan, Memoona Khalid, Rozina Akram, Mahnoor Zeb and Barira Saif.
Batting first, Pakistan got off to a good start through openers Komal Khan and Ravail Farhan, who added 57 runs for the first wicket in 62 balls.
That assault was halted by the dismissal of Ravail Farhan, who fell for 26 off 26 balls with 4 fours.
Komal Khan, who fell as the fifth wicket of the innings, made 54 off 59 balls with 7 fours.
In addition, Shahar Bano scored 14 off 9 balls with a six and a four, while every other batter was dismissed in single figures.
Sri Lanka ran out five of the Pakistani batters, while Chamodi Herath, Danodya Sewmini and Nethmi Upeksha claimed a wicket each.
Sri Lanka's reply was opened by Sanjana Kavindi and Wimoksha Balasooriya, who put on a first-wicket stand of 108 runs in 89 balls.
That partnership ended with the dismissal of Sanjana Kavindi, who made 61 off 46 balls with 8 fours and a six. It was her second successive half-century in this series.
When the match ended in victory, Wimoksha Balasooriya was unbeaten on 43 off 46 balls with 4 fours, while Limansa Thilakarathna was not out on 0, having faced just one ball.
The only Sri Lankan wicket to fall went to Mahnoor Zeb.
Match scorecard in brief
Pakistan Women's Under-19 team – 110 for 8 (20.0) Komal Khan 54, Ravail Farhan 26
Sri Lanka Women's Under-19 team – 111 for 1 (15.2) Sanjana Kavindi 61, Wimoksha Balasooriya 43 not out
Sri Lanka Women's Under-19 team won by 9 wickets.
- Player of the match – Sanjana Kavindi (Sri Lanka)
Sri Lanka's fifth match of the series, again against Pakistan, is set to be played at the same venue on October 12.
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Based on ThePapare reporting